John Betjeman — First and Last Loves

London, John Murray, 1952. First edition. Cloth. A wonderful collection of John Betjeman's essays on architecture, with The first edition. In the publisher's cloth binding with decorative boards. A beautifully written collection of essays on architecture, covering a range of places and topics such as Cheltenham, The Isle of Man, London Railway Stations and nonconformist architectureFrom much-loved English television figure and Poet Laureate, John Betjeman, a founding member of The Victorian Society and a passionate defender of Victorian architecture at a time when it was considered unfashionable.Adorned with illustrations throughout and a folding plate containing the points of interest of Cheltenham. In the original cloth binding. Externally, very smart. With light rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Slight sunning to the spine and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with light spotting to the endpapers. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .